March, 1903—Seaboard Railroad entered Oxford. March 1, 1911—Mr. Andrew Carnegie contributed $1100 to the Oxford Methodist Church Organ Fund. There were 8000 applications for money from the Carnegie fund that year. March 1, 1925—Fire destroyed the building used as a boy’s dormitory at Mary Potter Memorial School. No one was injured but all personal effects were a total loss. March 2, 1911—The singing class of the Oxford Orphan Asylum set out to give concerts in the eastern part of the state of North Carolina. This was a means of fundraising for the institution. March 3, 1904—Oxford received waterworks and electric lights. March 3, 1925—It was announced that the first High School Annual to be produced in Oxford would be called “The Hoot Owl”. It would contain the record of the entire school year of 1924-25, including pictures and descriptions of all school activities and the four classes. March 4, 1812—Thomas Littlejohn sold 50 acres to a committee of 5 leading citizens acting for the county of Granville for the purpose of establishing the town of Oxford. March 4, 1911—The graded school board decided to add the 10th grade, so there were no commencement exercises held in this year for 9th grade students. March 10, 1899—Dr. Kilgo, a great pulpit orator of Durham, NC, delivered a lecture in the auditorium of Horner Military School in Oxford. March 12, 1761—William Willis, who had been granted land (on which the town of Oxford is situated) by the Earl of Granville in December of 1760, sold 200 acres to Samuel Benton. Samuel Benton was native of England (probably Worcester County) and was the first settler of Oxford, NC. He owned a country place called Oxford in the 18th century before the town was established. Although Benton gave land for new courthouse at Oxford Plantation - part of 1,000 acres he owned - it was said that his motivation was only "to bring grist to his own mill." Benton ran several establishments around the courthouse and wanted more people coming into the area for his own profit. March 13, 1925—Tobacco Markets in Oxford close, marking the end of tobacco season in the area. March 15, 1887—Fire broke out at Johnson Warehouse and high winds spread the flames. Half of the business part of town was destroyed. This was a second major fire in Oxford within a few years. March 15, 1968—The Federal Building, adjoining the new Post Office was occupied. March 16, 1968—The Post Office moved into the new building on Saturday afternoon. March 18, 1911—Citizens were purchasing stock in the County Fair. Mrs. Willie Lee Currin was the first lady to subscribe. $7500 was needed. March 21, 1959—Robert Frost, celebrated American Poet, visited Dr. and Mrs. Richard H. Thornton at their home on Pine Cone Drive in Oxford, NC March 23, 1900—Horner School won a baseball game against Trinity (Trinity became Duke University). The score was 8-0.
March 25, 1911—A contest was to be held for the county Boys’ Corn Club. First prize was a Taylor-Cannady Buggy. The corn club was organized by Dr. Seaman A. Knapp, who did so much for the improvement of agriculture and was the father of this movement. Eighty thousand boys were enrolled in the “corn clubs” in the South, each striving to outdo the other in producing the greatest possible yield to the acre. It was said that these young farmers in the corn clubs promise to develop into the scientific agriculturists, who will make the South bloom and prosper. March 27, 1976—The Granville County Museum was first opened in the old jail building by the Oxford Woman’s Club, the Oxford Junior Woman’s Club and the Mary Jamieson Woman’s Club. March 28, 1890—The Presbyterian Church held a congregational meeting at the instigation of their pastor, Rev. Joseph Rennie, to take action relative to the erection of a new church. March 31, 1911—A meeting was held for those interested in getting up a Baseball team for the summer. March 31, 1925—Town Commissioners set aside a plot of land in Elmwood Cemetery for the final resting place of Thomas Littlejohn, Oxford’s Founder. His remains were to be exhumed from his private lot on Williamsboro St. at the home place of R. P. Taylor. This property was located in the vicinity of CVS and the Senior Center. Littlejohn’s grave, for so many years left in an unmarked location, was just recently identified and marked by a decendant.
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